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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eva Wiseman

‘Teabag eyes’? Very refreshing

Eye tea: the Darjeeling feeling at Mila Schön.
Eye tea: the Darjeeling feeling at Mila Schön. Photograph: Matteo Valle/Imaxtree.com

Looking at Mila Schön’s models, one is reminded of the nursery school trick to ageing your newly drawn treasure map: painting it with tea, and putting it on the radiator. While this look is far from ageing, there’s similar joy in the application. At Preen they described the beauty look as “teabag eyes” – a wash of chestnut shades that weren’t quite brown, instead that light, bruisey shade of something spilled over breakfast.

Get the look

1. Buxom PowerPlump £15, cultbeauty.co.uk
2. Christian Louboutin in Ibiza £65, selfridges.com
3. Illuminaze £29.95, vitaliberata.co.uk
4. Kitten Shadow Shimmer £6.46, winkylux.com
5. Chantecaille in Mirage £32, spacenk.com
6. Revlon Colorstay in Brazen £8.99, superdrug.com
7. Lustre Lipstick in Patisserie £17.50, maccosmetics.co.uk
8. Guerlain Terracotta Rêve d’Eté £30.60, johnlewis.com
9. Laura Mercier Caviar in Cobblestone £23, libertylondon.com

Back to black

Sephora’s best-selling brand, JOne, is making its UK debut with the Black Jelly Pack rescue mask. Apply before going to bed, enjoying its antioxidant-rich formula and Nobel prize-winning ingredient, fullerene. £36, cultbeauty.co.uk.

Lunch-hour treatment

The Peel Boutique is a 20-minute express peel bar, with four brightening options that promise no redness – so you can pop back to the office straight after. Go to the website to choose your destination and book, at £55 a go (the peelboutique.com).

Back rubs on demand

Soothe, the world’s largest on-demand massage provider (book at the website, with as little as an hour’s notice), has come to the UK. As online beauty therapists become ever more convenient, does this signal the end of the overpriced spa? From £72 for an hour, soothe.com.

Email Eva at e.wiseman@observer.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @EvaWiseman

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